Posted: Jan 28, 2021 1:00 AM PT | Last Updated: January 28
Sgt. Kevin Murray, right, and Const. Robyn Young with the Abbotsford Police Department do outreach work at a homeless encampment in the community. Last year, the department laid only 18 charges of simple drug possession, taking a big step toward decriminalization.(Chris Corday/CBC)
Axon Public Safety Canada Announces Partnership with Canada Beyond the Blue
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TORONTO, Jan. 28, 2021 /CNW/
Axon (Nasdaq: AXON), the global leader in connected law enforcement technologies, and its subsidiary Axon Public Safety Canada, Inc., today announced a partnership with
Canada Beyond the Blue (Canada BTB), an organization dedicated to supporting Canada s public safety officers and their families.
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This partnership is designed to support Canada BTB s mission of bolstering officer well-being and mental health by coordinating resources that aid in offering education, training and practical tools to law enforcement families and fostering a community of support. Canada BTB has chapters across Canada to collaborate with police services and their families in any given location and is run by volunteers, many of whom are family members of law enforcement officers.
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Needles are seen on the ground in Oppenheimer park in Vancouver s downtown eastside on March 17, 2020. The scourge of overdose deaths underscores the need for Canada to decriminalize simple possession of hard drugs, the head of the national chiefs of police association said on Thursday. In urging action, Bryan Larkin noted that overdose deaths are outpacing those from the pandemic and homicides in British Columbia and likely Ontario. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward January 28, 2021 - 12:08 PM
TORONTO - The scourge of overdose deaths underscores the need for Canada to decriminalize simple possession of hard drugs, the head of the national chiefs of police association said on Thursday.
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TORONTO The scourge of overdose deaths underscores the need for Canada to decriminalize simple possession of hard drugs, the head of the national chiefs of police association said on Thursday. In urging action, Bryan Larkin noted that overdose deaths are outpacing those from the COVID-19 pandemic and homicides in British Columbia and likely Ontario. Over the last six years, 18,000 Canadians have lost their lives to drug addiction, Larkin said. If 18,000 people lost their lives in traffic collisions, our country and our communities would not accept that. There would be outcry. Larkin, president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, made his comments at a virtual forum called Policing 2021. The issue of decriminalization as was the case with cannabis is polarizing both within society and within police ranks, he said.